Internet Status – Sent means Downloads

After all these years, Windows (XP) Internet Status ( Control Panel | Network Connections | Internet) has Sent and Received reversed from normal usage. [ Bob: The Windows 7 equivalent does get the directions correct. ]

From the point of view of the Internet, bytes Sent are of course Downloads. It all makes sense now:

To test this theory, I downloaded the latest Opera 10.50 Beta (12 MB) with the result:

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